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Oct 24, 2023
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Oct 24, 2023
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Charlie Meyerson’s debut as news director and morning news anchor on WNUA-FM, Chicago. Oct. 18, 1989.
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Oct 18, 2023
10/23
Oct 18, 2023
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Program: Point of View Aired/length: Nov. 20, 1994; 7:30 a.m. / 16 min. Host: Charles Meyerson Guest: Chicago Sun-Times picture editor Richard Cahan A discussion of ... Cahan’s book: They All Fall Down: Richard Nickel’s Struggle to Save America’s Architecture. Cahan details Nickel’s death in 1972 while trying to save pieces of the landmark-under-demolition Chicago Stock Exchange; and he appraises the state of the landmarks-preservation movement 22 years later.
Topics: Richard Cahan, Rich Cahan, Richard Nickel, architecture, Charles Meyerson, Charlie Meyerson, WNUA,...
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Oct 18, 2023
10/23
Oct 18, 2023
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Jenette Kerr
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Program: Point of View on WNUA-FM, Chicago Aired/length: Nov. 27, 1994; 7:30 a.m. / 25 min. Host: Jenette Kerr Guest: Forever Barbie: The Unauthorized Biography of a Real Doll author M.G. Lord A discussion of ... The history and cultural significance of one of the best selling toys ever—the Barbie doll. Lord describes how Mattel obtained the design for Barbie and how the doll has been used by girls in conflicting ways: as a distorted ideal of physical beauty and as an early role model for...
Topics: Barbie, Barbie doll, Mattel, M.G. Lord, Jenette Kerr, WNUA, WNUA-FM, Chicago, Point of View
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Oct 17, 2023
10/23
Oct 17, 2023
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Charles Meyerson
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Program: Point of View on WNUA-FM, Chicago Aired/length: Apr. 23, 1995, 8:30 a.m. / 26 min. Host: Charles Meyerson Guest: Astronomer Clifford Stoll A discussion of... Stoll’s new book, Silicon Snake Oil: Second Thoughts on the Information Superhighway . Stoll contends that, although computers are useful—he still relies on them personally or professionally—society shouldn’t rush headlong to embrace them. He says computer communications can be dehumanizing, isolationist and...
Topics: Clifford Stoll, Charles Meyerson, Charlie Meyerson, Silicon Snake Oil: Second Thoughts on the...
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Jan 2, 2023
01/23
Jan 2, 2023
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Charles Meyerson
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Program: Point of View, October 11, 1992 / 7 a.m. Duration: 15 minutes Host: Jenette Kerr Guest: Chicago Children’s Museum associate executive director Judy Chiss A discussion of... An exhibit at the museum designed to teach about the solid waste problem...a landfill through which kids can explore and observe the varieties of trash and rates of decomposition. Duration: 15 minutes Host: Charles Meyerson Guest: The Coalition for New Priorities co-chair Bernice Bild A discussion of... The...
Topics: WNUA, Jenette Kerr, Charles Meyerson, Charlie Meyerson, Judy Chiss, Bernice Bild, Richard Leakey,...
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Jan 2, 2023
01/23
Jan 2, 2023
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Dean Richards
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As the Chicago White Sox prepared to open their new ballpark in 1991, WNUA morning host Dean Richards talked to people watching the demolition of the old Comiskey Park and got a tour of the new place. [RAW AUDIO]
Topics: WNUA, Chicago White Sox, White Sox, Dean Richards, Comiskey Park, Sox Park
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Nov 14, 2022
11/22
Nov 14, 2022
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During a visit to the studios of WNUA-FM, Chicago, in the 1990s, celebrated voice actors June Foray (Rocky the Flying Squirrel) and Bill Scott (Bullwinkle) voiced promotional messages for host Dean Richards and news director Charlie Meyerson. More from Foray and Scott here .
Topics: June Foray, Bill Scott, Charlie Meyerson, Charles Meyerson, Dean Richards, WNUA, WNUA-FM, Rocky,...
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Nov 13, 2022
11/22
Nov 13, 2022
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Charles Meyerson
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Journalists Rob Warden and David Protess join host Charlie Meyerson to discuss their book A Promise of Justice: The Eighteen-Year Fight to Save Four Innocent Men. On WNUA-FM, Chicago’s Point of View. [Audio URL is malformed. It was indeed 1998.]
Topics: Rob Warden, David Protess, Charlie Meyerson, Charles Meyerson, WNUA, WNUA-FM, Chicago, A Promise of...
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Nov 13, 2022
11/22
Nov 13, 2022
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Charles Meyerson
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Charlie Meyerson on WNUA-FM, Chicago, 1996-98: 1996 airchecks: 5/7, 8/13, 8/28, 11/6* 1997-04-30 (Royko dies) 1997-05-14 Phone montage 1997-05-30 2 casts (Ameritech) AM/FM Network sampler 1998-03-18? 7:26 a.m.
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Nov 13, 2022
11/22
Nov 13, 2022
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WNUA-FM, Chicago, Point of View hosts Charles Meyerson and Jenette Kerr; City Voices hosts Stan West, Linda Lenz and Thom Clark; Sunday Summit host ReGina Hayes; Aware host Chris DeChant; and Radio Health Journal host Reed Pence review the news of 1995—including the O.J. Simpson trial; the Million Man March; Chicago’s Empowerment Zone; the Bears’ threat to leave the city; the renovation of Navy Pier; health care reform; the fight against AIDS; Chicago’s big heat wave; school reform; and...
Topics: WNUA, WNUA-FM, Point of View, Charles Meyerson, Charlie Meyerson, Jenette Kerr, Stan West, Linda...
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Nov 13, 2022
11/22
Nov 13, 2022
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Jenette Kerr’s and Susan Wiencek’s six-part WNUA News series: “The Brave New World of Computers and Work,” presented Feb. 13-20, at 6:20, 7:50 and 11:40 a.m. + A capstone discussion: Program: Point of View Aired/length: Feb. 26, 8:30 a.m. / 31 min. Host: Jenette Kerr, Charles Meyerson Guests: University of Chicago Information technologies project manager Don Goldhamer; management consultant Mike Pavilon; Illinois Humanities Council deputy director Eileen Mackevich A discussion of... How...
Topics: Computers and work, Susan Wiencek, Jenette Kerr, WNUA, WNUA-FM, Chicago, Charles Meyerson, Charlie...
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Oct 20, 2022
10/22
Oct 20, 2022
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Program: Point of View, on WNUA-FM, Chicago Aired/length: June 4, 1995, 8:30 a.m. / 12 min. Host: Charles Meyerson Guest: The author of Politically Correct Bedtime Stories and Once Upon a More Enlightened Time , Chicagoan James Finn Garner A discussion of... His “corrections” of traditional fairy tales—er, bedtime stories—and his views on the Politically Correct movement in general. He says that while he agrees with many of the movement’s goals, its means often border on the...
Topics: James Finn Garner, Chicago, WNUA-FM, WNUA, Charles Meyerson, Charlie Meyerson, Politically Correct...
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Oct 20, 2022
10/22
Oct 20, 2022
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[Raw audio of interview, followed by the slightly edited program as aired …] Program: Point of View on WNUA-FM, Chicago Aired/length: Feb. 12, 1997, 8:30 a.m. / 26 min. Host: Charles Meyerson Guests: Authors Stan and Jan Berenstain A discussion of... Their new book of advice, What Your Parents Never Told You About Being a Mom or Dad. Also, discussion of their tremendous success as the author of more than a hundred children’s books and the importance of reading in child-development.
Topics: Stan and Jan Berenstain, Berenstain Bears, Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain, WNUA, WNUA-FM, Charles...
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Oct 1, 2022
10/22
Oct 1, 2022
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Charles Meyerson
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Program: Point of View Type: Locally produced by WNUA News Aired/length: Sept. 28, 8:30 a.m. / 25 min. Host: Charles Meyerson Guest: Humorist and CBS News commentator Bill Geist A discussion of... The aging process, as described in his book The Big Five-Oh!: Facing, Fearing, and Fighting 50. Geist recites his “50 ways to tell you’re 50.” (#38: Branson vacation.)
Topics: Charles Meyerson, Charlie Meyerson, Bill Geist, William Geist, CBS News, New York Times, WNUA,...
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Oct 1, 2022
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Oct 1, 2022
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Program: Point of View Type: Locally produced by WNUA News Aired/length: Nov. 23, 8:30 a.m. / 7 min. Host: Charles Meyerson Guest: American Refugee Committee president Tony Kozlowski Discussion of... Kozlowski, just back from a trip to Cambodian refugee camps in Thailand, discusses the Chicago origins of the ARC and its continuing need for help in aiding those displaced by civil and other wars around the world. Program: Point of View Type: Locally produced by WNUA News Aired/length: Nov. 23,...
Topics: WNUA, Charles Meyerson, Charlie Meyerson, Jeff Moss, Sesame Street, American Museum of Natural...
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Oct 1, 2022
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Oct 1, 2022
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Program: Point of View Type: Locally produced by WNUA News Aired/length: June 15, 8:30 a. m. / 16 min. Host: Charles Meyerson Guests: Network for Organizations in Action founder Bruce Graham; 13-year-old comics creator Dionte Creagh; Dennis Moore, father of a boy lured away from gangs, in part by Graham’s program.. A discussion of... GAGMAD: The Gang Against Guns, Murder and Drugs. Graham, Creagh and Moore explain the inspiration behind and the effect of a program designed to take kids off...
Topics: Charles Meyerson, Charlie Meyerson, WNUA, WNUA-FM, Network for Organizations in Action, Bruce...
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Oct 1, 2022
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Oct 1, 2022
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Program: Point of View Type: Locally produced by WNUA News Aired/length: Oct. 6, 8:30 a.m. / 26 min. Host: Charles Meyerson Guests: Chicago Tribune TV critic Steve Johnson and freelance children’s TV critic Jennifer Mangan A discussion of... The new fall season—hits and misses; the need for a television anti-violence (or “V”)...
Topics: WNUA, WNUA-FM, Meyerson, Charles Meyerson, Charlie Meyerson, Steve Johnson, Jennifer Mangan,...
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Oct 1, 2022
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Oct 1, 2022
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Type: Locally produced by WNUA News Aired/length: March 9, 8:30 a. m. / 12 min. Host: Charles Meyerson Guest: University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign communications director Carol Menaker A discussion of… The U of I’s “Cyberfest ’97”: a campuswide celebration of the fictional birth in Urbana of HAL—the computer in the book and movie of Arthur C. Clarke’s 2001: A Space Odyssey....
Topics: Chess, University of Illinois, Chess for Dummies, Charlie Meyerson, Charles Meyerson, WNUA,...
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Jun 3, 2022
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Jun 3, 2022
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Program: Point of View Type: Locally produced by WNUA News Aired/length: June 4, 1995; 8:30 a.m. / 12 min. Host: Charles Meyerson Guest: The author of Politically Correct Bedtime Stories and Once Upon a More Enlightened Time , Chicagoan James Finn Garner. A discussion of... His “corrections” of traditional fairy tales—er, bedtime stories—and his views on the politically correct movement in general. He says that while he agrees with many of the movement’s goals, its means often border...
Topics: James Finn Garner, Charles Meyerson, Charlie Meyerson, WNUA, WNUA-FM, Politically Correct Bedtime...
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May 27, 2022
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May 27, 2022
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Comic book writers Peter David and Chris Claremont and Classics International Entertainment (Moondog’s Comics) President Gary Colabuono join host Charlie Meyerson to assess the state of the comic book business during a traumatic time for the industry. This is raw and unedited audio of a discussion that was recorded June 30, 1995, but that aired on WNUA-FM, slightly edited for length, July 2—the last day of the 20th annual Chicago Comicon.
Topics: Peter David, Chris Claremont, Gary Colabuono, Charlie Meyerson, Charles Meyerson, WNUA-FM, Moondog,...
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Sep 6, 2021
09/21
Sep 6, 2021
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Charles Meyerson
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[Reposting a draft of a piece published in—but no longer available on the website of—the University of Illinois Alumni News, back in 2004. Note: Much of the info herein is dated as of 2019. ] The reunion plan was hatched on a WPGU alumni e-mail list in November, when alum Dane Placko, now a reporter for Chicago’s WFLD-TV Ch. 32, suggested, tongue-in-cheek: “Let all the alums come back some weekend and run the station for 24 hours. Call the FCC in advance and get a waiver for any...
Topics: WPGU, WPGU-FM, Illini Media, Illini Publishing, Charlie Meyerson, Charles Meyerson. Tom Thomas,...
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Apr 1, 2021
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Apr 1, 2021
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Charles Meyerson
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A 1997 April Fools prank pulled on the airwaves of WNUA-FM, Chicago.
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Mar 9, 2021
03/21
Mar 9, 2021
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Charles Meyerson
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An interview with science historian James Burke, conducted by Charlie Meyerson for WNUA-FM, Chicago, on Nov. 11, 1991. Raw audio, unedited. (2011 photo, Adam Bowie )
Topics: James Burke, science history, science historian, Charles Meyerson, Charlie Meyerson WNUA, WNUA-FM,...
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Mar 9, 2021
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Mar 9, 2021
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Charles Meyerson
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A Nov. 1, 1991, interview with then-president of Jim Henson Productions, Brian Henson—conducted by then WNUA-FM, Chicago, news director Charlie Meyerson. Unedited audio.
Topics: Brian Henson, Muppets, Dinosaurs, Jim Henson, WNUA, WNUA-FM, Charles Meyerson, Charlie Meyerson
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Jan 31, 2021
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Jan 31, 2021
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Charles Meyerson
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Audio of Charlie Meyerson’s presentation to 600 high school students for the annual Northern Illinois Scholastic Press Association conference at College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Ill., April 21, 2017. Edited transcript follows. _____ If your school kills your student newspaper—or you're laid off—you can keep going. Cheap. By Charlie Meyerson Tuesday, April 25, 2017 [Headline revised July 15, 2020, to include “or you’re laid off.” Because, well, you know.] If you were asked to...
Topics: Charlie Meyerson, Charles Meyerson, Chicago Public Square, Nuzzel, Rivet
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Jul 23, 2019
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Jul 23, 2019
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Program: Point of View Type: Locally produced by WNUA News Aired/length: June 22, 1997; 8:30 a. m. / 24 min. Host: Charles Meyerson Guests: Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Lois Wille; freelance writer Linda Lutton A discussion of the transformation of Chicago’s South Loop neighborhood from a wasteland of abandoned railyards into a vibrant, growing new neighborhood in the shadow of Downtown—documented in Wille’s book, At Home in the Loop: How Clout and Community Built Chicago’s...
Topics: Lois Wille, Linda Lutton, Charles Meyerson, Charlie Meyerson, WNUA, Point of View, Dearborn Park,...
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